Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Make mine four fingers and cold. We are going to put this on Okie's tab, ain't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBootsWilly Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Good morning gentlemen, sunny and in the 80s today. Tilled up the garden yesterday and got some seeds. Going to plant some peas, radishes, lettuce and spinach today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 BBW Do not forget to plant corn , Very inporant for CANNING 80 % chance of getting wet today , weekend shows to be clear with temps going back up Crappie have shutdown according to fishing report After last years pittyful harvest , don't know if it worth putting out a garden CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 No garden here. Doctor's appointment for Momma today for pre surgery checkmeout. Looks like I will be gone most of the day, so make the most of it. I will put Whiskey Girl on you case if you get out of line. And maybe even Complicated Lady if you is really bad. Daja has deserted us. My tab is nailed to the bottom of the stack and Flint's is on top. Have at it. But remember, I WILLLLL BBBEEEEEE BBBBBBBAAAAAACCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 BMC is that a warning , or , a THREAT ? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Given that Whiskey Girl is gonna get a shot at ya if ya is baaad, I would classify it as a THREAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 BMC I ain't worryed a bit by WB , She can NOT hit what she can not see Besides I got camo on , with a tin foil lined hat :P HA HA HA :wacko: CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 That jus ain't fair. Hey, Sam, Looks like I am gonna have to go to a bigger hook size. I tried those flies on some old #8s that I had and they worked a lot better than the size 12. Now I wonder if a blue gill can get a size 8 in his mouf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 BMC They can get an 8 going to a 6 is iffy , a 4 well just will not work out most times but then again , I have had em take a pass at a Repala bigger than they are CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBootsWilly Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Thought you guys might be interested in a little article that's in our local newspaper. NAPLES, NY — Peter Austerman, an aquatic biologist with the Department of Environmental Conservation, gently clutched the rainbow trout in his hands for the crowd to see. He then held the radiant red-striped fish out for some children standing along the bank of Naples Creek to touch. “I want to go fishing,” said a boy of about 11. “You’ll have to wait until April 1,” was Austerman’s reply. In nine days, trout season on tributaries of the Finger Lakes begins, but eager anglers showed up Thursday to watch the DEC’s annual electrofishing survey of rainbow trout that have migrated from Canandaigua Lake into famed Naples Creek to spawn. No doubt many in the crowd of about 150 that gathered on the Route 245 bridge just north of the village also couldn’t resist the chance to merely get outside and enjoy the summer-like weather. “Shocking Day,” as it is referred to in Naples, has become nearly as traditional as opening day itself, with parents and children getting a jump on playing hooky from work and school. “It’s a rite of spring,” said Paula Abraham, wife of longtime and now retired DEC fisheries manager Bill Abraham of Wayland, Steuben County. “Bill said he didn’t think he’d ever seen a shocking day where people could wear shorts.” Unfortunately, fishermen also couldn’t remember when so few fish were surveyed. In the first 2½ hours of work, the DEC’s nine-person team of perspiring biologists and student volunteers headed by Austerman netted just 10 fish, the largest a male weighing 4.2 pounds and measuring 25 inches. Of a handful of females, all but one had distributed her eggs. With the creek’s water temperature reading 50 degrees — the high end of a 46- to 50-degree window for spawning — Austerman wasn’t shocked by his crew’s findings. Last year, with a cold winter and late spring, about 100 fish were sampled. “As the spawning run progresses, fish move upstream, but we’re also finding high water temps with this crazy weather,” he said, referring to the last two weeks of record air temperatures that followed a winter of less snow than usual. “We’re finding that quite a few have spawned already and headed back to the lake.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 BBW Just got off the phone , with one of my old fishing buddys , looks like our crappis are hittong the beds right now , not sure how this rain event is going to affect the spawn , got to get to the lake in the am and see about the water color if it gets muddy it may shut em down , here on the river end . If so I may have to head to Mo and try trout fishing CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 That jus ain't fair. Hey, Sam, Looks like I am gonna have to go to a bigger hook size. I tried those flies on some old #8s that I had and they worked a lot better than the size 12. Now I wonder if a blue gill can get a size 8 in his mouf. No problem! I'd like to get into these once more. They fight like the dickens, got a bigger mouth, and despite what they say I think are better eating than brim. Redeye Bass aka Stumpknockers Got me to thinking. We caught a few sauger in the oxbows of MS. I wouldn't mind going up on the Tennessee River and trying them on. Yum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 How big do they run. They aren't very big are they? I am going outside the game and using some 12 hooks and making a nymphs. Will they work. I have thought about going after the walleyes but I think I would use gear for them. Toothy critters they is. Edit: Willy, looks like you got some climate change going on there. Wild critters are very sensitive to it and the first to react. Interesting to see how that situation will work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBootsWilly Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Good morning, the coffee is brewing and it's a little foggy this morning. Going to be cooler here today, ONLY in the 60s with some showers. Got up to 81 yesterday and was sunny all day. Got the early garden in and some yard work done. Even with all the warm temperatures over the past couple of weeks only a couple of new records were set. Kinda surprising that there have been warmer days in the past. Got to go to visit the tax lady today and prepare to settle up with the "Guvmint" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Got down to 39f last nite , 43 right now , showers in the area . suppose to warmup and dry out for 3 days , then more RAIN CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Well, you saw the report on the Sky this morning and the 37 degrees. It is clear and the rain has stopped for now. But it will be back. I hope the IRS leaves you enough to buy flies, Willy. If not, Sam can tie you some leaders and flies now that he has that new vice. I am envious of him and that vise he has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Well, you saw the report on the Sky this morning and the 37 degrees. It is clear and the rain has stopped for now. But it will be back. I hope the IRS leaves you enough to buy flies, Willy. If not, Sam can tie you some leaders and flies now that he has that new vice. I am envious of him and that vise he has. An expensive habit vice is! Some people call em warmouth, goggle-eyed perch, redeye perch and others stumpknockers. Looks like the world record is 2 lbs 7 oz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Small hooks, small fish. Big hooks, big fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 BMC them rock bass can get a 1/0 worm hook relly well , tend to get a few when using 4in slider worms smallmouth and kentuckys are a HOOT on ultralite rods CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Chickasaw, some fish have big mouths, and big eyes and get in trouble with them. A fish being invited to a fish fry is never a good thing from the fish's point of view. No matter how cold the beer is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 BMC I had a blusgill about 4 1/2 in long , take a swipe at a 6 in repala , hooked in the mouth . Ya want to talk about big plans , just had to turn it loose , all guts and NO brains CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 I love those little blue gills. They are gutsy fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 We used to fish for blue gills and sun fish at the local city lake using nothing but bare hooks. They'd bite them all day long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Went fishing for them with my cousin down in Southern Illinois. We were using gold hooks and crickets. Gear fishing we wuz. It was fun to watch them little guys hit the cricket as soon as it hit the water. Lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBootsWilly Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Good morning, it's 47 degrees with drizzle and may get to 60 with rain and thunderstorms all day. The tax lady will give us the IRS news, good or bad, this coming week. Took "Little Boots" out on the town last night for a nice dinner and a couple of after dinner drinks. Anybody get do any fishin yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Took my fishing partner, Bruce out for breakfast and we met up with a bamboo rod builder, who joined us. It was a great morning for me. We talked fishing and rods and reels and bamboo and graphite and boats and we even discussed the eggs. Bruce is a little older than me and has had to stop driving because of some sort of eye problem. I think he was glad to get out with the boys and I know I was. Great start to a nice day. Now I get to go wash the car and clean it out. Captain Jack will be my assistant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBootsWilly Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Sounds like you had a real enjoyable morning Badger. Does the guy build the rods as a hobby or is it his livelihood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 He is retired and builds them for commercial sale. I guess both. I would hate to think that was his only means of subsistence though. Bruce was showing me a rod that was made for him by a local well known rod builder that we both know. I was surprised at the weight of bamboo. I had forgotten that it is heaver than graphite. All of my rods feel like a whisper when compared. He said that he has between 60 and 100 hours into each rod. I guess he turns all of his own cork and makes his own ferrels and reel seats. I am anxious to visit his shop and see his work first hand. Today has been spring like. Temperature is in the low 50s and SUNNY. Makes me want to get the rod out and go bend it. But the yard needs attention. I should go prune my cherry trees and apple trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBootsWilly Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I have an old 6wt Montague bamboo rod that fish with on occasion. After casting with that for about a hour my forearm knows it. The modern graphites feel like a feather in comparison. There is just something about that old bamboo's action. It's what I learned on so it's a nostalgia thing for me. This warm spell has some of my apple trees starting to bud. They're calling for cold this coming week with temps in the 20's, so any buds will freeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Nothing on the fruit trees as yet. I think my mason bees have been out but there is not much to work on for them. I think I got spring fever. Look out. Things will change, Charlie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBootsWilly Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Understood, BBW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Hey Guys I did the yard work today , so it is out of the way for a week or so , put a differant graph on the front of the boat , and fooled with the 4 wheeler a bit , Did for everyone else all week , so I am taking Monday off and taking the boat out . Since I am doing that , I belive I shall go flyfishing , tommarow afternoon BMC The flys , you sent pics of are real close to the verragated wollys ,I tye , with the exception of the glass bead head , I also palmer the hackle all the way up , not a soft hackle . I tye the tails long so I can cut em down if I need to , just pluck them down with the fingernails . CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Gotta kick this back up to get BMC fired up get his mind off having CABIN FEVER CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBootsWilly Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Mornin cusses, 45 degrees with rain now and for most of the day but the sun is supposed to break through late in the afternoon, the high is 60. I'm gonna go stand in the rain today wearing my cowboy hat to give it some added character. Our first shoot of the year is April 14. I'm looking forward to it. BMC will just have have a little Spring Tonic to cure the fever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 I got a fix yesterday. I ain't cured, but I is better. Better than what? That score ain't in yet. Looks to be another nice day so I think yard work after Church. Maybe take Momma and Captain Jack to scout out some local lakes to see what they look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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